Liberty High School

Liberty High School is one of the minimally staffed four-year high schools in Liberty, Illinois, part of Liberty CUSD 2, with 253 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 834 students per school, that is 70% below typical.

Liberty CUSD 2 runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 589 students. Liberty High School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Liberty High School shows that nearly all students (96%) are White. The remainder comes out to 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Liberty High School tighter than the state norm the norm. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Adams County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Liberty High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Adams County) shows that median household earnings sit near $66,220, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Liberty High School is one of 23 public schools in Adams County (combined enrollment of about 8,717 students).

Liberty Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Liberty High School ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 281 students in 2018 compared to 253 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 20.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.